AroCHEM INTERN., INC. v. BUIRKLE

No. 413, Docket 91-7641.

968 F.2d 266 (1992)

AroCHEM INTERNATIONAL, INC., AroChem Corporation and William R. Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harold W. BUIRKLE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Lawler, Greenwich, Conn. (Kari A. Pedersen, Whitman & Ransom, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants AroChem Intern., Inc., and AroChem Corp.

Richard D. Weinberg, New York City (Adam B. Rowland, Shereff, Friedman, Hoffman & Goodman, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant William R. Harris.

Charles E. Schaub, Jr., Boston, Mass. (Robert F. Sylvia, Susan B. Tuchman, William R. Moore, Hinkley, Allen, Snyder & Comen, Boston, Mass., James A. Moss, Glenn S. Kerner, Herrick, Feinstein, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MESKILL, WINTER and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants AroChem International, Inc., AroChem Corporation (collectively "AroChem"), and William R. Harris brought the instant matter against Harold Buirkle for defamation and for tortious interference with a contractual and commercial relationship. A jury trial commenced, and, at the close of the plaintiffs' main case, Judge Stanton directed a verdict in favor of Buirkle. He held that California law governed and that Buirkle's allegedly defamatory...

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